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Dr. WhitmanFirst CitizenTsixustJ.feedeath of Dr. Marcus Whitman was*'initially observed by Whitman col- ' lege Thursday when President Winslow S. Anderson called him “tne Northwest's number one citizen*’.In many ways, Dr. Anderson said at the college's fall cocivoca- ^ tion. Dr Whitman was the region’s ' first citizen by today's civic standards- The man whose likeness interested groups now want to place in the Hall of Statues, Washington, D. C, had a motto: ’'All my plans .require time and distance.“Let this be your motto/’ the president said* “Like Whitman | your function as men and women with'a college education is to take part in the civic responsibilities ofir your communities/’A student body of more than 850,! f a record enrollment for the col-; ilege. was present for the convofia-|2 ’tion at which tile bachelor of arts,( degree was conferred in absentia U . upon David E. Williams of Walla! tWalla- now a law student at Uni-i•. versity of Montana, with an under-si [graduate major in political | i I science; Gordon C. Pope, route u 13, Bellevue, Wash., economics and;s c business administration, and Rob- * (ert H, Wilson, Vancouver, Wash-.!1 chemistry. lt;•‘Were Marcus Whitman alive to- ) jday he would be the region’s num-j| her one citizen/’ Dr. Anderson | Isaid. He mentioned several aspects i tin which Whitman was chrcnolog-'ically first:He performed the first surgical i I ’]{Continued on Page 5, CoL 3)
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Walla Walla, Washington, US
Thu, Sep 25, 1947
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